Crypto In America
@CryptoAmerica_
Interviews with the most influential minds shaping crypto, finance, policy and innovation. Hosted by @JacqMelinek, @EleanorTerrett and @thatgerald.
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🚨NEW: From building companies acquired by Microsoft, Intuit and Mastercard to serving as U.S. ambassador to Austria, @ttraina has had a unique path into crypto. He’s now founder and CEO of @KresusOfficial and chief business officer at @tfh_technology.
In this episode, Trevor shares how he helped persuade President Trump to embrace crypto at a fundraiser he co-hosted in 2024. He also explains why he’s skeptical of Anthropic’s warnings about AI’s potentially catastrophic effects on humanity, whether stablecoins could shore up demand for U.S. Treasuries, and why he believes everything will eventually move onchain.
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Why does SharpLink describe itself as a digital asset treasury company rather than an investment fund?
@joechalom, former @BlackRock executive and CEO of @Sharplink, compares the model to a bank: investors provide capital, and management is responsible for making the balance sheet productive.
The goal is to give investors exposure to Ethereum while actively managing the company's balance sheet.
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Trust in a stablecoin isn't built by headlines. It's built by repetition.
@jacqmelinek, Founder of @StrataMedia_ and Co-host of @CryptoAmerica_, on why banks and fintechs are already using stablecoins behind the scenes.
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“We need to respect the issuer in this whole token process.”
Former New York Stock Exchange president @ThomasFarley on why issuers matter in tokenization and why he thinks tokenized U.S. equities may arrive sooner than expected.
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🚨UPDATE: Four more issuers have objected to @okx/@ICE_Markets tokenizing their shares under the SEC’s innovation exemption: IBM, Oracle, Intel and IonQ. That brings the total to 26.
🚨🗞️NEW: CFTC Turns to AI Trading as SEC Faces Pressure to Fill Clarity Act Gaps
@Ripple & @coinbase are among the crypto firms pressing for clarity on token trading, investment contracts and more. Plus, AI takes center stage at the @CFTC this week.
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Wall Street’s biggest crypto mistake?
Trying to build private blockchains.
Former BlackRock executive and @Sharplink CEO @joechalom calls the strategy a “complete failure” and predicts institutions will move to public, permissionless chains with built-in privacy.
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Bitcoin is singular as digital gold. But when it comes to programmable infrastructure, @Sharplink CEO @joechalom says Ethereum leads the pack.
The @SECGov made two remarks regarding tokenization in its Division of Examinations' priorities for FY2027, which I highlighted below.
Between 2018 to 2025 this SEC annual report included mentions of crypto, digital assets and/or blockchain as a priority.
In 2026, it dropped all 3.
This year, it doesn't mention any of those terms, but added tokenization to the mix for the first time.
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Update since my last post:
Now 22 of the 63 company stocks OKXICE planned to tokenize have now objected, with Wells Fargo, Arm, Intuit, Cisco, Moderna and Marvell added in the venue's Oct 23 notice.
That's up from 16 opt-outs on Oct 19 and the first 9 on Oct 19.
Under the SEC's exemption, each company has 30 days from getting notice to object, so the list could keep growing.
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New update from the OKXICE joint venture by @OKX and @ICE_Markets
At the beginning of October, they announced plans to tokenize 60+ stocks. The listed companies had 30 days to object or be opted in.
According to a recent notice, 9 have formally opted out including Verizon, UnitedHealth, Broadcom and CoreWeave, among others (see below).
It still plans to launch with dozens of issuers, including Nvidia, Apple and Tesla...unless they opt out as well.
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🚨🗞️NEW: SEC's Tokenization Exemption Sparks Questions Over Which Blockchains Qualify
Canton, Ethereum L2s and a big question for the SEC: What actually counts as public and permissionless? Plus, more companies object to having their shares tokenized.
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Americans have trillions of dollars sitting in checking and savings accounts earning next to nothing.
@Sharplink CEO @joechalom says AI agents could put that idle cash to work automatically, without consumers having to lift a finger.
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"We have a competitive advantage... it's called permanent capital...
Crypto was dominated by mercenary capital individuals, harvesters, and hedge funds who would go into a protocol, harvest a bunch of incentives, try to get giant APYs and leave 3 months later...
We're able to deploy back into the ecosystem... we've deployed almost half a billion dollars back into DeFi."
CEO @joechalom on @CryptoAmerica_
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“We’ve been the largest institutional player in DeFi… what we do differently is we do it with a qualified custodian.”
I discussed our first of-its-kind deployment with @Anchorage and how we’re setting new standards for onchain finance on @CryptoAmerica_
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“If the Mag Seven start tokenizing their stock, it is going to fundamentally transform markets. And I think it’s going to happen sooner than we think,” @joechalom says.
The @Sharplink CEO argues the U.S. is still ahead in crypto, even without the Clarity Act. He points to the dollar’s dominance in stablecoins and what he sees as an “open door” to tokenizing U.S. stocks.
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🚨NEW: From helping launch Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs at BlackRock to leading SharpLink, @joechalom has had a front-row seat to crypto’s institutional shift.
Now he’s betting that $ETH will be central to a financial system built around stablecoins, tokenized assets and onchain markets. He says that shift could be “almost revolutionary.”
We also get into @SharpLink’s ETH treasury strategy, the regulatory outlook and how AI agents could change the way consumers manage money.
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🚨NEW: OCC Finalizes GENIUS Act Rules, Backs Off Stablecoin Rewards Restrictions
The @USOCC has finalized its GENIUS Act rules, dropping proposed restrictions on stablecoin rewards and leaving a major fight between banks and crypto firms unresolved.
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The failure of the Clarity Act won’t stop Wall Street from moving onchain, but it could slow things down.
@Bullish CEO @ThomasFarley says major banks and prime brokers want regulatory certainty before they “push all the chips in” on crypto and tokenization.
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🚨NEW: Former Swift Chief Innovation Officer @TomZschach has launched LogosFi, a new venture aimed at helping financial institutions scale their use of tokenized assets and stablecoins.
Tom joined us on @CryptoAmerica_ recently and explained the question he built the company to help answer:
“Should I take this asset?”
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🚨🗞️NEW: New York and Wyoming Join Forces on Crypto Regulation
Plus, the @USOCC signals its final GENIUS Act rules are coming by month-end, what to watch this week in macro and crypto, and the stories making headlines.
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